Product description

From the grass-cloth wraps of prehistoric times to the luxurious gowns of the Victorian era, this well-researched guide traces the evolution of English fashion for men and women through hundreds of photos and illustrations.

Customer reviews

If you are searching for a well explained book that shows good examples of clothing through british history and explains a little bit about techniques used by seamstresses of the time to achieve such results that's definitely not the book for you. This is an awful book. It has very few pictures, and the pictures are in low quality. Most of the time you don't really know which cloth the author is talking about since it has no really good examples of clothing. Don't waste your money buying this book.

Table of contents

Introduction to the Dover EditionPrefaceList of Collotype PlatesIntroductionChapter I Prehistoric Dress-Female Prehistoric Dress-MaleChapter II The Development of Costume to the Tenth Century-Female The Development of Costume to the Tenth Century-MaleChapter III Tenth to the Fifteenth Century-Female Tenth to the Fifteenth Century-MaleChapter IV Fifteenth Century-Female Fifteenth Century-MaleChapter V Sixteenth Century. Character of Trimmings Sixteenth Century. Henry VIII-Female Sixteenth Century. Henry VIII-Male Sixteenth Century. The Reigns of Edward VI and Mary-Female Sixteenth Century. Elizabeth-Female Sixteenth Century. Elizabeth-MaleChapter VI The Character of Trimmings through the Seventeenth Century James I Charles I The Commonwealth Charles II James II and William and Mary Seventeenth Century. James I-Female Seventeenth Century. James I-Male Seventeenth Century. Charles I-Female Seventeenth Century. Charles I-Male Seventeenth Century. The Commonwealth-Male and Female Seventeenth Century. Charles II-Female Seventeenth Century. Charles II-Male Seventeenth Century. James II-Female Seventeenth Century. James II-Male Seventeenth Century. William and Mary-Female Seventeenth Century. William and Mary-MaleChapter VII The Character of Decoration and Trimmings of the Eighteenth Century Eighteenth Century. Anne-Female Eighteenth Century. Anne-Male Eighteenth Century. George I-Female Eighteenth Century. George I-Male Eighteenth Century. George II-Female Eighteenth Century. George II-Male Eighteenth Century. George III to 1800-Female Eighteenth Century. George III to 1800-MaleChapter VIII Character of Trimmings of the Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century. George III-Female Nineteenth Century. George III-Male Nineteenth Century. George IV-Female Nineteenth Century. George IV, 1820-30-Male Nineteenth Century. William IV-Female Nineteenth Century. William IV-Male Nineteenth Century. Victoria-Female Nineteenth Century. Victoria-MalePatterns of Various Reigns from Antique CostumePatterns to Scale" " Detailed ListIndex